How the confocal laser scanning microscope entered biological research

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 335-342

  Amos, W B ^a   White, J G ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser scanning microscopy confocal history MRC diagnostic medicine cervical smear leukaemia instrumentation funding

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141728404     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(03)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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